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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-to-reform-uk


[The former Conservative party chair
Sir Jake Berry has joined Reform UK
in the most high-profile defection so
far to Nigel Farage’s party from the Tories.

In a fresh blow to Kemi Badenoch,
the former cabinet minister
said his former party had
“abandoned the British people” and said he
wanted to see Reform UK form
the next government.

Berry, a close ally of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson,
led the “northern powerhouse”
group of MPs but lost his seat at
the 2024 election.
He said the Conservatives and Labour
had “wrecked” the country over
the past 20 years.]